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William Taylor Adams was born on July 30, 1822 in Bellingham, Massachussets, United States, the son of Capt. Laban Adams and Catherine (Johnson) Adams, and a descendant of Henry Adams of Braintree. His father was proprietor of the Lamb Tavern, Boston.
In 1838 the family moved to a farm in West Roxbury.
William found it difficult to take time from farm work to keep up his schooling. Winter nights he studied late in a room so cold that he could hardly keep his blood in circulation and turned the pages with a mittened hand.
But he succeeded in leading his classes in almost every subject, especially composition. His parents were so proud of his ability that they managed to have him continue his studies under a private tutor, for two years after leaving school.
During a period of travel through the Northern and Southern states, he took voluminous notes, which later stood him in good stead.
After a brief experience in helping his father manage the first Adams House, on the site of the Lamb Tavern, he turned to teaching. He continued to teach in the public schools of Boston for twenty years, resigning in 1865 to devote himself to writing.
For fourteen years he served as a member of the school committee of Dorchester; and one year, 1869, he was a member of the state legislature, but declined a renomination.
He had already written for periodicals, chiefly without pay; but his first book (1853) was a story, Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or the Heir of Bellevue. This brought him $37. 50. His next venture, however, Indoors and Out (1855), a collection of stories, was more sucessful; and he then attempted a book for boys, The Boat Club (1855), which proved so popular that he followed it with five more in the Boat Club series.
The initial volume, The Boat Club, ran through sixty editions. Other series followed fast: Great Western, Lake Shore, Onward and Upward, Yacht Club, Riverdale Story Books, Woodville Stories, etc. He made about twenty visits not only to all parts of Europe but to Asia and Africa as well. These furnished material for the Young America Abroad and All Over the World series, the latter comprising twelve volumes. The Civil War bore fruit in many stories grouped under Army and Navy and Blue and Gray series, besides a biography of Grant.
He edited at various times The Student and Schoolmate, Oliver Optic's Magazine, and Our Little Ones.
Nothing, short of death, could stop his writing. He died at his home in Dorchester .
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He was most methodical, keeping "plot" books and other note-books crammed with incidents, anecdotes, and observations. He wrote regularly five hours a day.
He had a real gift for story telling and his familiarity with boats, farming, and practical mechanics, to which must be added a genial personality that won friends among boys in every walk of life, gave him a wide range of knowledge.
At first the public libraries refused his books because his heroes accomplished too many improbable feats. That, however, was no defect to his boy readers, whom he counted by the million.
In 1846 he married Sarah Jenkins of Dorchester, by whom he had two daughters.
